Hebrews 12:16
“Lest there bee any fornicatour, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsell of meat sold his birthright.”
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Hebrews 12:16 Context
14Followe peace with all men, and holinesse, without which no man shall see the Lord: 15Looking diligently, lest any man faile of the grace of God, lest any roote of bitternesse springing vp, trouble you, and thereby many be defiled: 16Lest there bee any fornicatour, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsell of meat sold his birthright. 17For yee know how that afterward when hee would haue inherited the blessing, hee was reiected: for hee found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with teares. 18For yee are not come vnto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor vnto blacknesse, and darknes, and tempest,
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Lest there [be] any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.
- King James Version
that {there be} no immoral or godless person like Esau, who sold his own birthright for a {single} meal.
- New American Standard Version (1995)